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Sabres shake up their culture: O’Reilly off to St. Louis for two picks, three players

‘”We’ll certainly miss Ryan’s productivity because he is a top-end player for us,” Botterill said on a conference call Sunday night. “But that’s why it was key to get NHL players back. … We felt as a management group at the end of the season we had to change the dynamic. The bottom line was there’s a lot of great people in that locker room but when you finish 31st, you have to look to make changes. And that’s why we felt there was a good balance in making this move.”‘